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Leak Shows ‘Bezel-Less’ Oppo Phone

by Tom Allen

Chinese manufacturer Oppo has – apparently – made the bezels on its upcoming smartphone thinner than any we have seen before. So much so that ‘seen’ is a bit of a misnomer! Various websites …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Narrow Bezels| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 13

ASO Begins in Serbia

by Tom Allen

Serbia has begun its analogue switch-off, starting in the town of Vrsac. The country’s DTT network currently reaches 93.6% of the population; the head of the national broadcast operator Emisiona Tehnika i Veze believes …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| Serbia| Vol 22 - Issue 13

UltraHD Planned for German Satellite Homes

by Tom Allen

HD+, the SES subsidiary, plans to launch an UltraHD demo channel in Germany by the end of the year. It will be launched by 1st December at the latest.

Tags:4k| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Kyocera’s Displays Withstand Extreme Temperatures

by Tom Allen

Two new small TFT-LCD displays have been developed by Kyocera, for the industrial market. They are available now and can perform in harsh environments and extreme temperatures (-30° – 85°), as well as outdoors. …

Tags:Industrial Monitors| Kyocera| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| TFT| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Apple Cuts Watch Targets on Display Concerns…

by Tom Allen

According to Taiwan’s UDN Mobile, Apple has halved its Apple Watch shipment targets. The new target is 1.25 million – 1.5 million units per month, from 2.5 million – 3 million. ‘Sources in Apple’s …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Production Capacity| Smartwatches| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Google Glass is Still Kicking

by Tom Allen

Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt has said that Google Glass has not been cancelled (Google Glass is off the Shelves for Now) – simply postponed. The project is “too important” to scrap, he told the …

Tags:Google| Google Glass| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 13| Wearables

Epson Modernises World War Museum

by Tom Allen

The Bentley Priory Museum in the UK has been modernised, with help from Epson and integrator Atlas AV. The museum tells the story of the country house, focusing on its role as a command …

Tags:Back Panel| DLP Projectors| Epson| Large Display Monitor| Projection| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Pixel Projects Completes Google Installation With Interactivity

by Tom Allen

AV specialist Pixel Projects has supplied solutions for Google’s new shop-in-shop in Currys PC World on Tottenham Court Road, London (Google Opens Shop-in-Shop in London), where customers can try out new interactive installations. One …

Tags:Digital Signage| Google| Large Display Monitor| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 13

NComputing’s Client Shipments Drop 70% in Q4’14

by Tom Allen

The global thin and terminal client market had a strong Q1 and Q2 in 2014, followed by a ‘mild’ contraction in Q3 and double-digit fall in Q4, says IDC. Shipments were down 12.5% in …

Tags:Dell| HP Inc| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Thin Clients| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Motorola Phone Fab to Open in May

by Tom Allen

A new Motorola production base in Wuhan, China will begin commercial operation on 11th May, according to local media. Current plans are for 16 million smartphones to be produced this year, at a value …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Production| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Tru-Vu Secures Industrial Monitor

by Tom Allen

The SRMW-24R-SS is a new sunlight-readable, waterproof monitor from Tru-Vu, for a variety of applications. It can be used in digital signage and outdoor kiosks, as well as industrial uses such as in vehicles, …

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Maritime| Outdoor Displays| Rugged Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 13